NDRL Radiation Chemistry Data Center Recent Papers in Radiation and Photochemistry 11/13/01 # 01_33

Kinetics	Optical Spectra	Thermodynamics
ESR Studies	Excited States	Photochemistry
Radiation Chemistry	Related Experimental Studies	Multiphase Systems
Polymers	Biological and Medical Aspects	Solar Energy
Industrial and Environmental Applications	Theoretical Studies	Reviews

Kinetics

Electron photodetachment from [Fe(CN)₆]^4-: photoelectron relaxation and geminate recombination.
Lenchenkov, V., Kloepfer, J., Vilchiz, V., Bradforth, S.E., Chem. Phys. Lett. 342(3-4): 277-86 (2001).

Radiation chemical and photophysical properties of C₆₀(C₄H₈SO₃Na)_N in aqueous solution: A laser flash photolysis and pulse radiolysis study.
Mohan, H., Palit, D.K., Chiang, L.Y., Mittal, J.P., Fullerene Sci. Technol. 9(1): 37-53 (2001).

Geometric and electronic structure contributions to function in bioinorganic chemistry: Active sites in non-heme iron enzymes.
Solomon, E.I., Inorg. Chem. 40(15): 3656-69 (2001).

Ligand photolysis and recombination of Fe(II)protoporphyrin IX complexes in tetramethylene sulfoxide.
Larsen, R.W., Wheeler, P.E., Findsen, E.W., Inorg. Chim. Acta 319(1-2): 1-7 (2001).

Laser flash photolysis study of Jacobsen catalyst and related manganese(III) salen complexes. Relevance to catalysis.
Sabater, M.J., Alvaro, M., Garcia, H., Palomares, E., Scaiano, J.C., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123(29): 7074-80 (2001).

Determination of activation and deactivation rate constants of model compounds in atom transfer radical polymerization.
Matyjaszewski, K., Paik, H.J., Zhou, P., Diamanti, S.J., Macromolecules 34(15): 5125-31 (2001).

Kinetics of photochromic reactions of substituted azobenzenes in solutions, and in liquid crystalline and polymer matrices.
Janus, K., Matczyszyn, K., Sworakowski, J., Biernat, J.F., Galewski, Z., Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 361: 143-8 (2001).

Optical Spectra

N,N-Dialkylaniline-substituted tetraethynylethenes: A new class of chromophores possessing an emitting charge-transfer state. Experimental and computational studies.
Gobbi, L., Elmaci, N., Luthi, H.P., Diederich, F., ChemPhysChem 2(7): 423-33 (2001).

Interactions of hexacyano ions with [Ruen₃]³⁺ and [Ruen₃]²⁺ in solution.
Poulopoulou, V.G., Taube, H., Inorg. Chim. Acta 319(1-2): 123-9 (2001).

Thermodynamics

CO₂ fixation and activation by metal complexes of small polyazacyclophanes.
Andres, S., Escuder, B., Domenech, A., Garcia-Espana, E., Luis, S.V., Marcelino, V., Llinares, J.M., Ramirez, J.A., Soriano, C., J. Phys. Org. Chem. 14(7): 495-500 (2001).

Photoelectrochemically driven processes at the N,N,N',N'-tetrahexylphenylenediamine microdroplet/electrode/aqueous electrolyte triple interface.
Wadhawan, J.D., Compton, R.G., Marken, F., Bull, S.D., Davies, S.G., J. Solid State Electrochem. 5(5): 301-5 (2001).

Photoinduced electron transfer dynamics for self-assembled porphyrin arrays in solutions and films.
Zenkevich, E.I., Kilin, D.S., Willert, A., Bachilo, S.M., Shulga, A.M., Remel, U., Von Borczyskowski, C., Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 361: 83-8 (2001).

ESR Studies

ESR determination of electrolytically formed radicals.
Kanzaki, Y., Electrochemistry (Tokyo, Jpn.) 69(7): 556-9 (2001).

Determination of active HALS in automotive paint systems II: HALS distribution in weathered clearcoat/basecoat paint systems.
Gerlock, J.L., Kucherov, A.V., Smith, C.A., Polym. Degrad. Stab. 73(2): 201-10 (2001).

Excited States

Triplet state characteristics of 2,2'- and 4,4'-biphenyldiols studied by 248 nm nanosecond laser flash photolysis.
Mohanty, J., Pal, H., Saini, R.D., Sapre, A.V., Chem. Phys. Lett. 342(3-4): 328-36 (2001).

The yield of singlet oxygen in thermal decomposition of hydrotrioxides.
Khursan, S.L., Khalizov, A.F., Avzyanova, E.V., Yakupov, M.Z., Shereshovets, V.V., Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Transl. of Zh. Fiz. Chim.) 75(7): 1107-12 (2001).

Photochemistry

Picosecond time-resolved resonance Raman observation of Iso-CH₂Br-I following A-band photodissociation of CH₂BrI in the solution phase.
Kwok, W.M., Ma, C.S., Phillips, D., Parker, A.W., Towrie, M., Matousek, P., Phillips, D.L., Chem. Phys. Lett. 341(3-4): 292-8 (2001).

Structure and photochemical properties of r-1,c-2,t-3, t-4-1,3-bis[2-(5-R-benzoxazolyl)]-2,4-di(4-R'-phenyl) cyclobutane.
Zhang, W.Q., Zhuang, J.P., Li, C.B., Sun, H., Yuan, X.N., Chin. J. Chem. 19(7): 695-701 (2001).

A study on the thermal stability of the photopolymer, the ozopolymer, and the photochlorinated derivative of C₆₀ fullerene.
Cataldo, F., Fullerene Sci. Technol. 9(1): 55-61 (2001).

New construction of p-tolylsulfony-substituted naphthalenes by thermal and photochemical cyclization of 1-aryl-4-(methylthio)-2-(p-tolylsulfonyl)-1,3-butadienes.
Matsumoto, S., Takahashi, S., Ogura, K., Heteroat. Chem. 12(5): 385-91 (2001).

Synthesis, characterization, and photoreactions of 1,2-disiladigermacyclobutane.
Hashimoto, H., Yagihashi, Y., Ignatovich, L., Kira, M., Heteroat. Chem. 12(5): 398-405 (2001).

tert-Butoxyl as a model for radicals in biological systems: Caveat emptor.
Tanko, J.M., Friedline, R., Suleman, N.K., Castagnoli, N., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123(24): 5808-9 (2001).

Carbomethoxychlorocarbene: Spectroscopy, theory, chemistry and kinetics.
Likhotvorik, I., Zhu, Z.D., Tae, E.L., Tippmann, E., Hill, B.T., Platz, M.S., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123(25): 6061-8 (2001).

Charge separation in a novel artificial photosynthetic reaction center lives 380 ms.
Imahori, H., Guldi, D.M., Tamaki, K., Yoshida, Y., Luo, C.P., Sakata, Y., Fukuzumi, S., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123(27): 6617-28 (2001).

Ultrafast dynamics of cyclohexene and cyclohexene-d₁₀ excited at 200 nm.
Fuss, W., Schmid, W.E., Trushin, S.A., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123(29): 7101-8 (2001).

Temperature and viscosity dependence in the stereoselective formation of the inverted housane for the photochemical nitrogen loss from the deuterium-stereolabeled parent diazabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene.
Adam, W., Grune, M., Diedering, M., Trofimov, A.V., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123(29): 7109-12 (2001).

Photostimulated tert-butylations of difluorinated aromatics involving electron and proton transfers.
Kim, B.H., Jeon, I., Lee, D.B., Park, H.J., Jun, Y.M., Baik, W., J. Fluorine Chem. 109(2): 145-9 (2001).

[beta]-Lactams (including polycyclic) derived from chromium carbenes.
Woodgate, P.D., Sutherland, H.S., Rickard, C.E.F., J. Organomet. Chem. 629(1-2): 114-30 (2001).

Synthesis of arylstannanes from arylamines.
Chopa, A.B., Lockhart, M.T., Silbestri, G., Organometallics 20(15): 3358-60 (2001).

Synthesis and photoinitiated isomerizations of 3-(4-nitrophenyl)- and 3-(4-aminophenyl)bicyclo[2.2.1]hepta-2,5-diene-2-carbaldehyde and -2-carboxylic acid derivatives.
Dubonosov, A.D., Galichev, S.V., Chernoivanov, V.A., Bren, V.A., Minkin, V.I., Russ. J. Org. Chem 37(1): 67-71 (2001).

Lewis acid-catalyzed successive skeletal rearrangement of cyclobutene-fused diphenylhomoquinone.
Kokubo, K., Koizumi, T., Yamaguchi, H., Oshima, T., Tetrahedron Lett. 42(30): 5025-8 (2001).

Diastereoselective photodeconjugation of chiral [alpha],[beta]-unsaturated esters.
Bargiggia, F., Piva, O., Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 12(9): 1389-94 (2001).

Radiation Chemistry

Effect of thiocyanate additive on the gamma ray induced decomposition of sodium and potassium nitrates.
Agrawal, N., Garg, A.N., Indian J. Chem., Sect. A: Inorg., Bio-inorg., Phys., Theor. Anal. Chem. 40(7): 700-3 (2001).

Chain oxygen disorder in deoxygenated YBa₂Cu₃O_7-d thin films induced by light ion irradiation.
Arias, D., Sefrioui, Z., Varela, M., Loos, G.D., Leon, C., Santamaria, J., J. Alloys Compd. 323: 576-9 (2001).

Behavior of a UO₂/water interface under irradiations: Effects of water radiolysis on the alteration of UO₂.
Sattonnay, G., Ardois, C., Corbel, C., Lucchini, J.F., Barthe, M.F., J. Phys. IV 11(Pr1): 243-50 (2001).

Antioxidant effectiveness of vitamin E in HDPE and tetradecane at 32 degrees C.
Mallegol, J., Carlsson, D.J., Deschenes, L., Polym. Degrad. Stab. 73(2): 269-80 (2001).

Radiation-induced amorphization.
Ewing, R.C., Meldrum, A., Wang, L.M., Wang, S.X., Transformation Processes in Minerals, S. A. T. Redfern and M. A. Carpenter (eds.), Mineralogical Soc America, Washington, DC, 2000, p.319-61

Experimental Studies on Related Topics

Merging of 4+2 and 2+4 cycloaddition paths in the regiospecific dimerization of methacrolein. A case of concerted crypto-diradical cycloaddition.
Toma, L., Romano, S., Quadrelli, P., Caramella, P., Tetrahedron Lett. 42(30): 5077-80 (2001).

Multiphase Systems

Intramolecular charge transfer processes and solvation dynamics of coumarin 490 in reverse micelles.
Hazra, P., Sarkar, N., Chem. Phys. Lett. 342(3-4): 303-11 (2001).

Optimization of the electron irradiation in the production of MoTe₂ nanotubes.
Flores, E., Tlahuice, A., Adem, E., Galvan, D.H., Fullerene Sci. Technol. 9(1): 9-16 (2001).

Effect of electronic irradiation in the production of NbSe₂ nanotubes.
Galvan, D.H., Kim, J.H., Maple, M.B., Adem, E., Fullerene Sci. Technol. 9(2): 225-32 (2001).

Photochromism of spiropyran in molecular sieve voids: effects of host-guest interaction on isomer status, switching stability and reversibility.
Schomburg, C., Wark, M., Rohlfing, Y., Schulz-Ekloff, G., Wohrle, D., J. Mater. Chem. 11(8): 2014-21 (2001).

Photochromic behavior of 2,4-dihydroxy-N-octadecylbenzylideneamine in Langmuir-Blodgett film.
Pang, S.F., Liang, Y.Q., Mater. Chem. Phys. 71(1): 103-6 (2001).

High rate deposition of TiO₂ and SiO₂ films by radical beam assisted deposition (RBAD).
Harada, T., Yamada, Y., Uyama, H., Murata, T., Nozoye, H., Thin Solid Films 392(2): 191-5 (2001).

Photocatalytic TiO₂ thin film deposited onto glass by DC magnetron sputtering.
Takeda, S., Suzuki, S., Odaka, H., Hosono, H., Thin Solid Films 392(2): 338-44 (2001).

Polymers

Thermal stabilization of ethylene-propylene elastomers by vitamin E.
Zaharescu, T., Jipa, S., Surmeian, M., Rev. Roum. Chim. 45(9): 863-7 (2000).

Development of acrylamide polymers for the treatment of waste water.
Siyam, T., Des. Monomers Polym. 4(2): 107-68 (2001).

Synthesis and radical polymerization of novel methacrylates with mesoionic 6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyrimidin-3-ium-4-olates as photosensitive components.
Theis, A., Ritter, H., Des. Monomers Polym. 4(2): 177-94 (2001).

Polymers as sulfonic acid generator on irradiation at 146 nm.
Shinozuka, T., Shirai, M., Tsunooka, M., Eur. Polym. J. 37(8): 1625-34 (2001).

The effect of electron beam irradiation on the tensile and dynamic mechanical properties of epoxidized natural rubber.
Ratnam, C.T., Nasir, M., Baharin, A., Zaman, K., Eur. Polym. J. 37(8): 1667-76 (2001).

Three-component photoresists containing thermally crosslinkable vinyl ether derivatives.
Moon, S.Y., J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 81(14): 3399-404 (2001).

Photopolymerizable liquid encapsulants for microelectronic devices: Thermal and mechanical properties of systems with reduced in-mold cure times.
Baikerikar, K.K., Scranton, A.B., J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 81(14): 3449-61 (2001).

Preparation and characterization of copolymers containing (+)-bornyl methacrylate and their racemate for positive-tone photoresist.
Liu, J.H., Shih, J.C., Shih, C.H., Chen, W.T., J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 81(14): 3538-44 (2001).

Preirradiation grafting polymerization of DMAEMA onto cotton cellulose fabrics.
Lu, J., Yi, M., Li, J.Q., Ha, H.F., J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 81(14): 3578-81 (2001).

Sorption of dye wastes by poly(vinyl alcohol)/poly(carboxymethyl cellulose) blend grafted through a radiation method.
El-Salmawi, K.M., Abu-Zaid, M.M., Ibraheim, S.M., El-Naggar, A.M., Zahran, A.H., J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 82(1): 136-42 (2001).

Effect of heavy-ion irradiation on the gas permeability of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) membranes.
Takahashi, S., Yoshida, M., Asano, M., Tanaka, T., Nakagawa, T., J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 82(1): 206-16 (2001).

Characterisation of poly(ethylene terephthalate) and cotton fibres after cold SF₆ plasma treatment.
Selli, E., Mazzone, G., Oliva, C., Martini, F., Riccardi, C., Barni, R., Marcandalli, B., Massafra, M.R., J. Mater. Chem. 11(8): 1985-91 (2001).

Pulsed initiation polymerization applied to acrylate monomers: Sources of experimental failure.
van Herk, A.M., Macromol. Rapid Commun. 22(9): 687-9 (2001).

Using changes in initiation and chain transfer rates to probe the kinetics of cross-linking photopolymerizations: Effects of chain length dependent termination.
Berchtold, K.A., Hacioglu, B., Lovell, L., Nie, J., Bowman, C.N., Macromolecules 34(15): 5103-11 (2001).

Spontaneous polymerization in the emulsion polymerization of styrene and chlorobutadiene.
Christie, D.I., Gilbert, R.G., Congalidis, J.P., Richards, J.R., McMinn, J.H., Macromolecules 34(15): 5158-68 (2001).

Photoluminescence study of photodegradation of polysilanes.
Skryshevski, Y., Ostapenko, N., Kadashchuk, A., Vakhnin, A., Suto, S., Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 361: 37-42 (2001).

Influence of gamma irradiation on the thermal stability of blends of PP with previously treated sisal fiber.
Albano, C., Reyes, J., Ichazo, M., Gonzalez, J., Chipara, M.I., Polym. Degrad. Stab. 73(2): 225-36 (2001).

Pyrolysis kinetics of [gamma]-irradiated polypropylene.
Dawood, A., Miura, K., Polym. Degrad. Stab. 73(2): 347-54 (2001).

Photochemical preparation of photorefractive polymeric media.
Vannikov, A.V., Grishina, A.D., Pereshivko, L.Y., Krivenko, T.V., Savelev, V.V., Kostenko, L.I., Rychwalski, R.W., Polym. Sci., Ser. A Ser. B 43(6): 599-607 (2001).

Optical data recording by laser pulses in liquid-crystal cells with an azo-modified surface.
Serak, S.V., Agashkov, A.V., Reshetnyak, V.Y., Quantum Electron. 31(3): 273-8 (2001).

Photocurable ISFET for anionic surfactants. Monitoring of photodegradation processes.
Sanchez, J., del Valle, M., Talanta 54(5): 893-902 (2001).

Biological and Medical Aspects

Cryoreduction of methyl-coenzyme M reductase: EPR characterization of forms, MCR_ox1 and MCR_red1.
Telser, J., Davydov, R., Horng, Y.C., Ragsdale, S.W., Hoffman, B.M., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123(25): 5853-60 (2001).

Solar Energy

Industrial and Environmental Applications

ATR-FTIR study of the stability trends of carboxylate complexes formed on the surface of titanium dioxide particles immersed in water.
Weisz, A.D., Regazzoni, A.E., Blesa, M.A., Solid State Ionics 143(1): 125-30 (2001).

Theoretical Studies

Understanding the solvatochromism of 10-hydroxybenzo[h]quinoline. An appraisal of a polarity calibrator.
del Valle, J.C., Catalan, J., Chem. Phys. 270(1): 1-12 (2001).

On the capture cross-section for charge neutralization, recombination, photoassociation and other barrierless reactions.
Levine, R.D., Chem. Phys. 270(1): 129-32 (2001).

Photoisomerization of green fluorescent protein and the dimensions of the chromophore cavity.
Chen, M.C., Lambert, C.R., Urgitis, J.D., Zimmer, M., Chem. Phys. 270(1): 157-64 (2001).

Excited electronic states and effect of vibronic-spin-orbit coupling on the radiative deactivation of the lowest triplet states of dioxins.
Gastilovich, E.A., Klimenko, V.G., Korolkova, N.V., Rauhut, G., Chem. Phys. 270(1): 41-54 (2001).

Evaluation of a combined quantum chemical method used in calculating O-H bond dissociation enthalpy.
Sun, Y.M., Zhang, H.Y., Chen, D.Z., Chin. J. Chem. 19(7): 657-61 (2001).

Computational studies of the reaction of the hydroxyl radical with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and hydrofluoroethers (HFEs).
Fontana, G., Causa, M., Gianotti, V., Marchionni, G., J. Fluorine Chem. 109(2): 113-21 (2001).

Reviews